As corporate-supported K-12 education reformers promote school choice, the concept of ‘single applications’ for all schools within a city or district – traditional, charter, for-profit, voucher, on-line, etc. – is also being promoted. The New Orleans ‘One App’ single application system is looked upon as a model, despite significant parent criticism. Boston, MA, and Oakland, CA, are planning to create single-enrollment systems for all traditional public schools and charter schools. These districts might heed warnings

Research on learning with paper texts versus computers shows unique strengths for paper. Comparisons of PARCC scores echo those findings. Scores of students taking PARCC tests on paper were consistently higher than for matched groups of students taking the tests on computers. READ about PARCC score comparisons here: PARCC Scores Lower on Computer Exam. READ about research on reading here: The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens. Are school systems

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